It is all about the billing ,the way you control your consumation on the ressources In Azure, once you have access to a portal and have privileges to create resources and objects, the billing meters start The way you can use resources in Azure depends on what type of agreement you have with Microsoft, even if in the end all will be visualized through the Azure portal.
Microsoft Online Services Program (MOSP)
Entriprise Agreement(EA)
Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA)
